Nick L

Are you still going to abstain from looking at every model run as they come out if this continues?

The annual 6th form Christmas match is at my school is on December 18th, will be interesting if this came off! http://212.100.247.145/viewimage.pbx?type=gfs;date=20091202;time=06;ext=384;file=h850t850eu;sess=73204553357400d61dc5d74eded1e2d4

The GFS really has gone insane this morning. I know it is at the deepest end of FI, but how often do we see the -10 850 line making a bee line for northern Spain?!

Yeah think it's mainly rain down here, wasn't expecting anything anyway.

Managed to get -3.8c last night which is better than I thought. Only the second sub-zero night of the autumn I think, very poor.

Managed -0.7c earlier in the month, that should easily be beaten tonight I would have thought.

0.3c now, should be below freezing very soon, wouldn't rule out a -3c tonight. http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=I90579761

You will be pushing it I think. £100+ for ones which tell the dew point I would have thought. Perhaps eBay might have some bargains?

I don't think you can get much more than a temperature sensor for £40. Oregon Scientific are good for small ones. http://www.oregonscientific.co.uk/cat-Weather-sub-Thermometers.html They're not cheap, mine cost £600

0.9c here now, will probably get down to around -2.5c or thereabouts. Still dropping like a stone.

2.6c now, should be a decent frost tonight http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=I90579761

You wait a while for another offer and 2 come at once!I have got an offer from Birmingham for Mathematics, ABB which is absolutely fantastic. Usually AAB but again due to the fact I do Further Maths it has notched it down a grade. Second one is from Leeds for Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, BBB.Now it's all down to you Reading!

I don't mind the term "modern era" when it is used to describe the remarkably mild winters of the past 20 years or so, not denying that this is a freakishly long mild run. What annoys me (and others after skimming through this thread) is the frequency that it is used by a certain member - I have the same opinion as TEITS here. I don't mind Ian coming up with his own theory and occasionally mentioning it - but it's the constant use and referral to explain everything that gets to me. The "modern era" doesn't automatically mean we will never, ever get a properly cold winter again. It WILL happen. We might have to wait a while but it has to happen eventually - even in a warming world.

Yeah I know, I thought the exact same thing when I first read that . I should bloody well hope we get replies by May 7th! I will be starting my exams just after that!

That's a point though, they are eager to splash the cash into making predictions for our future climate, releasing publication after publication - but still only give a half-arsed 3 month forecast!

Congrats! Unfortunately not, but at least I have had no rejections I guess. Hopefully I will get another one this week - will be great if Reading respond soon.

Well they could at least have a stab at explaining it, or tell the truth and say they simply don't know!

Think I will stick to the Netweather forecast, at least that explains it!

It was a sarcastic exaggeration, apologies but sarcasm doesn't really translate through type!

You know what, that is exactly what I was thinking the other day! The BBC always start crying when there is a hint of a 0.0001c temperature rise in the next 100 years, saying it's the end of the world. But when it's 16c in the middle of January they have beaming smiles on their face!

Would take that certainly! Will have a good read of it now, hopefully some of it might sink in...

Right, I am doing this very subject in A Level Physics now so here goes. There are 3 possible outcomes for the universe. I will go through each possibility. 1) The open universe - This is where the universe does keep expanding forever, because the overall density is below the critical density which would cause the gravitational forces to pull everything back in again. The density of the VISIBLE matter would suggest that we are in this "open universe" state. 2) The flat universe - This is where the density of the universe is very close to the critical density, so eventually the universe will almost stop expanding and will stay roughly the same size. 3) The closed universe - Where the density is greater than the critical density, meaning that the gravitational forces in the universe would cause it to contract, eventually leading to a "Big Crunch". Current evidence suggests that this may not happen, but there is an unknown amount of "dark matter" out there, about which very little is known. But if the current estimates of this "dark matter" are correct, then there is easily substantial density to enable the universe to being to contract. But here is a key sentence from my Physics textbook: As always in physics, the solution of one problem leads to many other questions. There is always plenty to discover, and there is no end to possible questions. Because of that, I think the LHC is vital to help shed some light on what the universe is actually doing/has done. Nothing apparently. And nothing existed before the big bang, not even time itself. I told my physics teacher that this was impossible for me to get my head round. He explained it that the human mind doesn't want to venture into the theory of "nothing", so we naturally reject the possibility. It really is fascinating stuff though.

The universe isn't infinite, it is ever expanding.

[quote name='Paul B' date='22 November 2009 - 09:31 ']Nice one Nick! I have completed my form now and sent it off, so the waiting game for me too! Feels strange knowing I am going to be an immature mature student![/quote] Good luck! Still had only the one offer, no worries yet though! Do the immature and mature cancel each other out? [img]http://forum.netweather.tv/public/style_emoticons/default/unknw.gif[/img]

I don't think that is what annoys people. What annoys people is the refusal by a certain member to accept that the "modern era" may be complete hogwash.